radioNOVO News for Altoona: September 8, 2026

RNN ALTOONA 09/08/26          FORMER PENN STATE ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH JERRY SANDUSKY WILL ATTEND AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING REMOTELY FROM PRISON DESPITE HIS LAST-MINUTE ATTEMPT TO WITHDRAW A VICTIM RECANTATION CLAIM. A JUDGE SIDED WITH STATE PROSECUTORS, WHO INSISTED ON HOLDING THE HEARING TO PRESERVE EVIDENCE AND QUESTION THE 82-YEAR OLD ON THE RECORD. SANDUSKY, SERVING A 30 TP 60 YEAR SENTENCE, REPORTEDLY PLANS TO BYPASS STATE COURT TO SEEK RELIEF IN FEDERAL COURT.          A 21-YEAR OLD ALTOONA-AREA MAN WAS SENTENCED FRIDAY TO FIVE TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR A DRUNK DRIVING CRASH THAT KILLED 17-YEAR OLD LUNDYN TREESE.           JARED PAUL DETWILER PLEADED GUILTY TO HOMICIDE BY VEHICLE WHILE D-U-I FOLLOWING THE OCTOBER 2024 CRASH IN BLAIR COUNTY. A JUDGE IMPOSED THE MAXIMUM STATUTORY SENTENCE AFTER HEARING EMOTIONAL VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS FROM TREESE'S FAMILY, ALONG WITH ORDERING TWO YEARS OF CONSECUTIVE PROBATION AND OVER 24-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN RESTITUTION.          THE HOLLIDAYSBURG AMERICAN LEGION HAS CLOSED ITS LARGE WOODEN PLAY PARK DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS AND SPLINTERS, WITH PLANS TO TEAR DOWN AND REPLACE THE STRUCTURE. OFFICIALS SAY RECENT VANDALISM AND DETERIORATING CONDITIONS MADE THE PARK UNSAFE FOR CHILDREN. POST FIVE-SIXTEEN LEADERSHIP IS CURRENTLY SEEKING DEMOLITION BIDS AND EXPLORING COMPOSITE OPTIONS, HOPING TO OPEN A NEW PLAYGROUND BY APRIL.